Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Meridian, Mississippi & Surrounding Areas
Steven Phillip Daniel
Mar 16, 2025
A celebration of life for Mr. Steven Daniel will be held at 7:00PM, on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Chunky, MS with Bro. Tim Mowdy officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the funeral arrangements.
Mr. Steven Daniel, age 60, passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2025,...
Loraine Bishop
Mar 16, 2025
Funeral Services for Ms. Loraine Conner Bishop will be held Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 2:30 PM in the chapel of Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Pastor Chuck Overby and Pastor Charlie McNeese officiating. Visitation will be held from 12:30 PM to 2:15 PM at the funeral home prior to service. Interment will follow graveside rites at Forest...
Kirby Britt Rutledge Simmons
Mar 15, 2025
Funeral services for Kirby Britt Rutledge Simmons will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at Pine Forest Baptist Church of Collinsville with the Reverends Andy May, Clay Pope, and T.J. Jenning officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with arrangements.
With heavy...
Johnnie Faye Long
Mar 15, 2025
Funeral services for Mrs. Johnnie Faye Long will be held Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 12:00 P.M. at the chapel of Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Rev. Davey Wilkinson and Rev. Ben Jones officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements.
Mrs....
James "Jimmy" Henley
Mar 15, 2025
Graveside services for Mr. James “Jimmy” Henley will begin at 12:00 PM, Saturday, March 22, 2025, at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church Cemetery in Bethel Springs, TN with Reverend Allen Gyer officiating. Interment will follow graveside rites. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements.
Mr. Henley, 81, of Lauderdale, died Saturday, March...
Lenelle Watson Maxwell
Mar 14, 2025
A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 1:00 PM at Cathedral Assembly of God in Meridian. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with arrangements.
Mrs. Lenelle Maxwell, age 90, of Meridian passed away Friday, March 14, 2025, at home.
Survivors include her grandson, Chris Watson; great-granddaughters, Paisley...
Walter Eugene "Walt" Shinault
Mar 14, 2025
A graveside service for Mr. Walter Eugene “Walt” Shinault will be held Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. at the Bailey Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Meridian, Mississippi. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with arrangements.
Walter Eugene “Walt” Shinault was born January 29, 1960, in Memphis, Tennessee to Drue W. Shinault Jr....
William Ray Davidson
Mar 13, 2025
Funeral services for Mr. William Ray Davidson will be held at 1:00PM on Monday, March 17, 2025, at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Jimmy Bryant officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the funeral arrangements.
Mr. William Davidson, age 69, passed away on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at UMMC...
Sylvia Gray Boswell
Mar 13, 2025
Funeral services for Mrs. Sylvia Gray Boswell will be held Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at 2:00 PM at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Dr. Richard Wallace, Rev. Bob Followell and Rev. Jack Kern officiating. Burial will follow at Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements.
Sylvia...
Steve "Travis" Curry
Mar 12, 2025
Funeral services for Mr. Steve “Travis” Curry will begin at 2:30 PM Friday, March 14, 2025, in the chapel of Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Dr. John Temple officiating. Interment will follow graveside rites at Blackwater Baptist Church Cemetery. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements.
Mr. Curry, 80, of...
Adrian Michael Hill
Mar 10, 2025
A memorial service to celebrate the life of Adrian Michael Hill will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, March 14, 2025, at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Brother Tim Buchanan officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with arrangements.
With heavy hearts we share the passing of Adrian Michael Hill, a...
Greg Cartmell
Mar 10, 2025
Greg Cartmell, age 77, of Plymouth, MA, and formerly of Meridian, MS, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side. Born on July 11th, 1947, he was the son of the late Robert Cartmell and Theresa (LaForest) Cartmell. Raised in Plymouth, Greg graduated from Sacred Heart High School, class of 1965.
A man of...
Alton Aurealias Parten
Mar 9, 2025
Funeral services for Mr. Alton Parten will be held Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM at Midway Baptist Church with Bro. Michael Pogue officiating. Burial will follow at Toomsuba Cemetery. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements.
Mr. Alton Aurealias Parten, age 84, of Meridian, MS passed away Sunday, March...
Doris Thompson Yates
Mar 9, 2025
Funeral services for Mrs. Doris Thompson Yates will be held at 1:00PM, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Walt Tessier officiating. Entombment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Doris Yates, age 87, passed away...
Marlene Rogers Neal
Mar 8, 2025
Funeral Services for Ms. Marlene Rogers Neal will begin at 2:00 PM Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in the chapel of Robert Barham Family Funeral Home with Dr. Marcus Finch, Dr. Matt Snowden, and Reverend Rod Ward officiating. Interment will follow graveside rites at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the...
Robert "Buddy" Kenneth Frazier, Sr.
Mar 8, 2025
Graveside services for Mr. Robert "Buddy" Frazier Sr. will be held Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 11:00 AM at Gum Log Cemetery with Pastor Ebb Fox officiating. Burial will follow in the cemetery.
Robert "Buddy" Kenneth Frazier Sr., age 90, of Bailey, MS passed away Saturday, March 8, 2025.
Dad was a hardworking man and,...
Frances Charlene Jackson
Mar 7, 2025
Frances Charlene Jackson was born November 25, 1939 in Atlanta, GA. She was the youngest of two sisters, Eunice and Evelyn. Charlene grew up in Atlanta and graduated from Roosevelt High School. She married Peyton Jackson in 1960 and had one daughter, Jennifer Lee born in 1964. She was proud to be from Georgia. The nurses at Aldersgate recounted...
Gloria Lynne Creighton
Mar 6, 2025
Funeral services for Ms. Gloria Creighton will be held Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 1:00 PM at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Bro. Jason Castle officiating. Burial will follow at Magnolia Cemetery. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements.
Ms. Gloria Lynn Williams Creighton, age 57, of Collinsville, MS passed...
Edith Ann Cook
Mar 5, 2025
A private memorial service for Mrs. Edith Ann Cook will be held at a later date.
Mrs. Edith Cook, age 81, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at Baptist Anderson Regional Center surrounded by her loved ones. Edith was a loving and devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. John and Edith had been married for 65...
Buddy Bennett
Mar 4, 2025
Memorial services for Mr. Leonard "Buddy" Bennett will be held Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 10:30 AM with Dr. Mark Benson officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements.
Mr. Leonard "Buddy" Bennett, age 67, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at Ochsner Rush Hospital.
He is survived by...




